Album Summary

Immortal is a remix album of music originally recorded by American recording artist Michael Jackson, released on November 18, 2011, by Epic Records. The album is also a soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, which debuted on October 2, 2011, in Montreal.

On October 3, 2011, Sony Music Entertainment announced that over 40 of Jackson's original recordings had been redesigned and reimagined by producer Kevin Antunes after working with original multi-track master recordings in the studio for a year. Immortal continued in the production vein of soundtracks from previous Cirque du Soleil shows: namely, 2006's Love, featuring the remixed music of The Beatles; and 2010's Elvis Presley-themed remix soundtrack Viva Elvis.

Being released by Epic Records in conjunction with the estate of Michael Jackson, Immortal featured an alternative version of the Jackson 5 song ABC, as well as a series of mashups and remixes, such as a choir-assisted rendition of They Don't Care About Us. Despite over 60 songs having been used for the stage show, the album release is available only as either a 20-track album or deluxe 27-track album.

Immortal is the eighth Jackson album to be released by Sony and Universal Motown since Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. It is also the third set of remixes of Jackson's music that has been released posthumously, following two 2009 collections: The Stripped Mixes, Jackson's early songs with most of the rhythm section edited out; and four EPs under the common title The Remix Suite.